Got to give those girls some credit. They are so dominating it is not even funny. I guess Pat Summit and UT chickened out cause they know they don't stand a chance against the Huskies.

Quote:UConn overpowers Stanford in second half for 49th straight victory

VIDEO PLAYLIST
No. 1 UConn Tops No. 2 Stanford, 80-68
Geno Auriemma On UConn's Big WinTeam Stat Comparison
STANFORD CONNECTICUT
Points 68 80
FG Made-Attempted 26-56 (.464) 35-73 (.479)
3P Made-Attempted 5-13 (.385) 3-20 (.150)
FT Made-Attempted 11-15 (.733) 7-11 (.636)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 13 (0/0) 17 (0/0)
Largest Lead 4 22

Game Leaders
STANFORD CONNECTICUT
Points N. Ogwumike 20 M. Moore 23
Rebounds N. Ogwumike 6 T. Charles 12
Assists J. Appel 6 M. Moore 4
Steals J. Appel 1 K. Faris 4
Blocks J. Appel 1 M. Moore 2
· Team Stats: Stanford | Connecticut

2009-010 Season
DATE GAME LINKS
· Dec 23, 2009 @CONN 80, STAN 68 Recap | Box Score

Next 5 Games
STANFORD (ET) CONNECTICUT (ET)
12/30 @FRES 10:00pm
01/02 CAL 3:00pm
01/08 @USC 10:00pm
01/10 @UCLA 5:00pm
01/14 WSU 10:00pm
12/28 @FSU 7:00pm
01/02 @HALL 2:00pm
01/04 USF 7:00pm
01/07 CIN 7:30pm
01/09 UNC 4:00pm

· Complete Schedule: Stanford | Connecticut
Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. -- UConn turned its showdown with No. 2 Stanford into another rout.


Still, the top-ranked Huskies considered it just another win.

Hays: UConn Clamps Down

From a two-point deficit in the early moments of the second half, Connecticut scored 28 points to Stanford's eight in a run that allowed the Huskies to coast to the finish line, writes Graham Hays. Story

• Voepel: Cardinal learn lessons

Maya Moore scored 23 points and Tina Charles added 20 to help Connecticut win its 49th straight game, an 80-68 victory Wednesday night in front of a sellout crowd of 16,294.

"We're 10-0 and beat a really good team," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "But we get no trophies, no rings, no nothing. Hopefully we get a chance to play them again in the Final Four."

The Huskies (10-0) won their first nine games this season by at least 25 points and an average of 46. UConn hadn't faced a team the caliber of the Cardinal, who the Huskies beat last season in the national semifinals en route to a perfect 39-0 record and sixth NCAA title.

The Cardinal (9-1) proved to be no match as UConn extended the third-longest winning streak in women's basketball history. UConn won 70 straight from 2001-03 and Louisiana Tech had a 54-game streak from 1980-82.

"They are definitely head and shoulders above us and play at a different pace," Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. "I'm proud of our team. We've had a really tough stretch. We can learn a lot from this game. We'll benefit from it. For us call it a little `w."

Stanford, which beat No. 8 Duke and No. 4 Tennessee last week, was the last team to beat UConn, topping the Huskies in the 2008 Final Four.


Fast Facts

• The Huskies outscored the Cardinal 42-28 in the second half and extended their winning streak to 49 games, the third-longest all-time in women's D-I history.

• UConn trailed 40-38 at the half, their first halftime deficit since the 2008 Final Four semifinal against Stanford, which was also its last loss.

• The Huskies have won their last six No. 1-vs.-No. 2 matchups and are 11-2 in those games.

• Maya Moore led UConn with 23 points, her fourth straight game with more than 20 points.

• Tina Charles got her third double-double of the season with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

• Stanford fell to 1-4 in No. 1-vs.-No. 2 matchups, including going 0-4 away from home.

-- ESPN Stats & Information

It was the 44th meeting of the top two teams in the poll: No. 1 leads 25-19. UConn has been involved in 13 of those games, going 11-2 -- including an 8-1 mark as the No. 1 team. Auriemma attributes the success to UConn treating it like any other game.

"You're playing at Connecticut, it's why you came here," Auriemma said. "It's not the game of the century. It's a game on a Wednesday and we treat it like that and I think it helps us."

Kalana Greene added 17 points and Tiffany Hayes had 16 for UConn, which has won every game during its current run by at least 10 points.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 20 points and Kayla Pedersen added 14 for the Cardinal.

UConn trailed 44-42 early in the second half before going on a 30-6 run over the next 11 minutes. Greene started the spurt with a layup and Moore's 3-pointer with 15:01 gave UConn a 49-44 lead. The Huskies had made just one of their first 14 3s before then.

JJ Hones answered with a 3-pointer to bring the Cardinal back within two, but UConn then rattled off 10 straight points- including five by Charles to take a 12-point lead and bring the first sellout crowd at the XL Center for the UConn women since they played Tennessee on Jan. 6, 2007, to its feet.

Ogwumike finally ended a 3 1/2-minute drought with a layup. UConn scored the next six points on layups to make it 65-49 with 9:30 left. Hayes' layup with 5:51 left gave UConn a 22-point lead.

Stanford would only get within 12 the rest of the game.

"It's just a mindset we have," Moore said. "We're always wanting to keep our foot on the gas pedal. Get a run. You got to stay focused, and can't get complacent. Last four minutes of the game we relaxed a little bit. We have to finish a whole half, whole game with the same energy level."

The first 20 minutes was an offensive showcase. UConn led 19-10 early before Stanford went on a 15-2 run capped by Pedersen's jumper that made it 25-21 midway through the first half. Pedersen and Ogwumike had 11 of the Cardinal's 15 points during the spurt. It was the biggest deficit UConn faced all season. The Huskies had only trailed for a total of 2:38 in their first nine games.

The teams traded baskets the rest of the half and Stanford led 40-38 at the break. It was the first time UConn found itself down at halftime since the 2008 loss to the Cardinal.

Ogwumike had 16 points and Pedersen 12 as Stanford shot 57 percent from the field in the half. The Cardinal finished at 46 percent for the game and were outrebounded 43-29.

"They came out and were more aggressive," Ogwumike said of the second half. "What it felt like for me is we were slow to react to what was going on."

At 5-5, Stanford is one of the rare teams to have success against UConn since Auriemma took over the program in 1985. Wednesday was the Cardinal's first regular-season trip to Connecticut since Jan. 20, 1993 -- and only second all-time. Connecticut will go to Stanford next season.

Stanford can take some solace from the game as they also lost to UConn by 12 points in Nov. 2007, before beating the Huskies in the Final Four that season.

"This is a good benchmark for us to see where we stand against the No. 1 team in the nation," Jayne Appel said. "We'll use it as motivation but we have a lot of games before we can say we're going back to the Final Four."

Connecticut honored the 1999-2000 championship team at halftime. That team, led by Sue Bird, Swin Cash, and Svetlana Abrosimova, won the second of UConn's national championships.

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Pat Summit is p!ssed over the recruiting of Maya Moore, among other things. I think she sees Geno as the anti-Christ or something like that...

(12-24-2009 05:20 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Pat Summit is p!ssed over the recruiting of Maya Moore, among other things. I think she sees Geno as the anti-Christ or something like that...

She can't deal with reality.

1. Geno is better coach and recruiter than her.
2. UCONN is head and shoulder better than UT now and in the near future.
3. Stanford is better than UT. They beat UT like a red-haired stepchild just last week.
4. Hope UCONN meet UT and put a 45 point beatdown on them.

5. UCONN girls are way better than anyone else right now.
6. Maya Moore is a smart girl. She knows she made the right decision to come to UCONN. She is being considered for Rhode scholar.

Sh!t happens...